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The Biz Seven's new erop of centers will be mesurvx
measured in head-to-head warring for the first tim next week when
they face off in the conference's tenth annual &m pre-season tournanent

in Kansas City's Municipal auditorLume

The flv new regularse..« Lew Jchnson of Kansas and
Oklahoma's LeRoy Bacher are the only holdover starters from 195h<55...6
will carry as much interest , voth from spectator and coach as did
their shiny gang of predecessors who dominated tix most of the first
nine meets, But for a different reasons The question now isn t
whether B.i. Born can defend Burdette Haldorson or Clyde ovellette
outscore “arcus Freibergers. Its ma mere matter of whether any of the
fresh pivotmen can approach any of the old guard and whether any one
of them is good enough to swing the scales of tournament victory, and
subsequently the league race «

Only three of the newly-spotlichted post-men are
sophomores, They include Don Medsker, 6-8,Iowa States Jim Thom, 6-9,
Nebraska, and Jack Parr, 6-9,lKansas State. The others, Chuck “enney of
Missourt, and George Haanah of Colorado, are seniorse But they are seeing
their first season as regulars or of extensive use at all, for that
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Par? and Medsker have been equalling advance notice.
The latter tops the entire complément of league cenégrs at this writing
with a average in four games, Medsker is only two points back at
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Thom must be wnsidered a disappointment to date,
Perhaps too much was expected of him, At any rate he has scored only

eight points in four gemes.e. “act is, he isn't even a starter for

the Comhuskers when Rex Ekwall, 6-5 converted forward is available.